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New Delhi:
The CPI(M) today castigated the central government for "lack of
firmness" in dealing with Hindutva extremists and demanded a
coordinated probe into the attacks in Malegaon, Hyderabad and Ajmer
allegedly carried out by these outfits.

"The terrorist attacks in Malegaon, Hyderabad and Ajmer must be
seen as the handiwork of a network of Hindutva extremist groups.
They are a mirror image of their Muslim counterparts. What is
required therefore is a coordinated investigation into all these
attacks", CPI(M)
leader Sitaram Yechury said.

"It is inexplicable why cases involving the Hindutva terrorist
attacks have not been handed over for investigation by the newly set
up National Investigation Agency, barring the Goa blast case", he
added.

In an editorial in the forthcoming issue of party organ 'People's
Democracy', he said, the UPA government has shown "lack of clarity
and firmness in dealing with Hindutva terror.

"Hopefully, the latest revelations regarding the Ajmer and Hyderabad
blasts will end this pusillanimous approach", he wrote.

Observing that intelligence and security agencies have been
"reluctant to recognise this reality", he said "They are fixated on
terrorism emanating from Muslim extremism and its external links.
Otherwise, the investigation into the horrific Samjhauta Express
blast would not have reached a dead end. The target was the train to
Pakistan filled with Muslims."

"Yet, stories were planted of extremist groups from Pakistan being
responsible for this gruesome attack", he continued.

Noting that it was "no longer possible to deny that
Hindutva terrorism is a reality", he alleged that the police and
investigating agencies "did not make serious efforts to probe
further and establish the culprits and their links with the Hindutva
organisations" in several cases.

He said the Hindu extremist outfits had targeted Muslims at places
of worship in all the three places in Ajmer, Malegaon and Hyderabad.

Maintaining that "preconceived notions" in the security agencies
about 'Muslim terrorism' was "glaringly evident" in the Mecca Masjid
blast and Ajmer probes, he said scores of Muslim youth were rounded
up and many of them beaten and tortured.

"The latest revelation should bring about a correction in the
approach of the police and security agencies", he said.

Elements from within Hindutva outfits have taken to the path of
terrorist violence motivated by fanatical hatred, as outfits like
Abhinav Bharat and Sanathan Sanstha, allegedly involved in these
incidents, continued to "expound a militaristic Hindutva spewing
hatred against Muslims".

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